I think we went undefeated in the tournament a few years ago and lost the championship game against JSU, who had lost a tournament game already.Which is crazy... one bad ump, one error, one controversial call...season's toast. SWAC, gotta love it.
but according to jayrob, if ASU doesn't win the SWAC this year, we won't win it "anytime soon".
Not true. The 2 years J-State won the SWAC (2013 and 2014), they went undefeated in tourney play. The year J-State and Bama State played for the ship is a few weeks after jsu had the bus fire debacle. JSU may have been the #4 seed in the east but got hotter than that burnt bus and not only won the conference but went on to knock off #1 in the nation ULL.
That's a constant struggle with all SWAC teams. While teams in the past has had good weekend rotations, the midweek hurlers as well as the bullpen don't matchup with the pens of midweek opponents. Nevertheless, if Bama State keeps it up, they should win the conference this year and be a good opponent come playoff time.
You are right, particularly after beating a ranked USA team last week.
That's IF they win the SWAC tournament.
Bama State hasn't won it in what....30 years? You've had Merv going on four years and still haven't won it, so my theory still stands.
None of that has anything to do with your ridiculous notion that if ASU doesn't win the tourney this year, we won't win it anytime soon. Does that hold for every team or just ASU? LOL
Anything not to stay in the present year. But I understand though.
Winning the tournament this year is in the present. The current players I mentioned are currently playing for Bama State in case you didn't know.None of that has anything to do with your ridiculous notion that if ASU doesn't win the tourney this year, we won't win it anytime soon. Does that hold for every team or just ASU? LOL
By the same token, does that also mean if ASU wins the tourney this year, we are a lock to win it for the next few years. LOL!
but I digress, because I've been on here long enough to know that you're just looking to spew a lil hate (I'm sure that sweep didnt help) on ASU having a good season so far, so you harp on prior seasons. And even future ones too.
jayrob,
We also have our 2nd best pitcher Tyler Howe (7-2 record with 1.05 ERA) returning. Along with that, we currently have 7 players batting over.300. Of those 7, only one is a senior.
Since when did MH become interested in baseball?:snicker:
Face it, the mess you posted that if ASU doesn't win the tournament this year, we won't win it for the next few years is just that....mess. And it's grounded in absolutely NOTHING. You named a couple of our senior players to try to suggest that we have a senior dominated team and will be depleted next year, but that isn't the case. You have nothing to know if ASU (or any other team for that matter) won't win in the next few years. smh
This is the best team Melendez has had in four years. It's highly unlikely that he'll have a better pitching and hitting team next year.
Do you know that he will need to "have a better pitching and hitting team next year" in order to win the SWAC next year?
Yeah, I haven't posted anything about baseball before now. smh You may think that diversion might work, but it won't.
